Fifth Anniversary CeRebrations of Liberty
Institute

Liberty Institute completes five years
of an exciting mission to promote ideas of political and economic freedom
next week. That pursuit began with the first Freedom Workshop in 1996.
In cerebrations between March 5 and 11, 2001, we celebrate our fifth anniversary
with events that take us further along on this exciting path – a series
of stimulating events.

Liberty Retreat:
A gatheing of friends and associates of Liberty Institute, at Samode Palace,
Rajasthan, March 9-11, 2001, to discuss the past and the present, and chart
a future course for the Institute.

Julian L. Simon
Memorial Lecture:Prof. Deepak Lal spoke on "The New Cultural
Imperialism: The Greens and economic development" at the India International
Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi, at 10.30 am on December 9, 2000.

Book News

Population - The ultimate
resource Contributors in this new volume include Julian L. Simon,
Peter Bauer, Deepak Lal, Nicholas Eberstadt, and Sauvik Chakraverti. The
authors challenge the prevailing Malthusian mindset that the world is running
out resources due to growing population. The volume is dedicated to the
memory of late Julian L. Simon of University of Maryland at College Park
in the US.

War on Tobacco: At what
cost? The two contributors to this volume, Deepak Lal and Roger
Scruton, question the science, economics, and ethical basis of the attempts
by World Bank and the World Health Organisation to restrict the choice
of the consumer.